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Timeo Mainolos Et dona ferentes---et Britannos ridentes. <!Btt$(tiec : SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS^.. 1835. t;! * f 13 I W A II THE NEW ROAD TO RUIN, i^'C. i^'C. f tear these Maincrs — when ihcy presents brin^, By Steam and Raih'oad — or on golden wing ; I fear these Mainers — bold and cunning nation, Who know no boundary line or limitation. An age has rnn — and still 'tis undecided How Maine from Canada is severM and divided, While Holland's Monarch — umpire of this <|ues- tion, Has cut this gordian knot by mere suggestion. And sunk his Netherlands deep in the mire, Wiih a disputed Boundary, for son and sire. And Arnold's army needs no more be swamp'd, On morass — rivers — forests — long encamp'd : A tew jihort hours will lead them to Point Levi — Quebec's defenders soon n)ust cry peccavi, , Hi 11 Pontoons, and bridge of boats, they'll bring on cars, Or (if in th' winter's absence of onr tars) They'll cross on th'ice — as at Stralsiind did Charles. L*Isled'Orleans must be theirs — with little ellbrt, Morency — Beauport — then have little left for't But to surrender — thus Quebec surrounded Must, at discretion yield — or be well pounded — By mortars — bombshells — all those arts con- founded, Which war's destructive science has invented, Whose dire effects might, earlier, be prevented. 'Bf^k . i What but surprize gave England her Gibraltcr r And, 'ere she's strong as Gib — Quebec must alter Her tow'rs and bastions — well attack'd mufc«t faker. What but surprize lost Britain Buenos Ayres ? While Berepford was dancing with her fairies : What but surprize endanger'd Waterloo ? While Wellington, and staff, were dancing too. Had Arnold the7i been favor*d — by surprize Our good Quebec had surely been his prize. ife V rmg on ) ind did eellbrt, ft for't ded inded — •ts con- eiited, evented. braltcr r inst alter list falter. Ayres ? fairies : ing too. irize )rize. It would be strange that ministerial droleries Should lose Canadian forests — Sydney's col lieries. When steam and fuel now must rule all nations, ■ Who most wants these, wants all considerations, And cousin Sam begins to know their value, Which we, when lost, shall feel — this truth I tell you. Be not surprized if thus we lose Quebec, ^ (To Britain's glory 'twere indeed a check.) A statesman eye should peep into futurity And not commit to chance or blind security, As far as human foresight can be right. All these forebodings time will bring to light, Heaven grant /may be wrong and you be right. Militia conscripts — countless, willing, strong, For plunder ripe — by steam, will fly along, With others o{ the Um, an endless throng ; * Hampshire and Massachusets join their quota, Who for our Patriots care not one iota, Or all the force that we can e'er collect, Without tho walls these would have no eflect, I While gallant Wolfe, from heaven looks down to see 8 Folly deprive us of his Victory, And Britain thus commit felo de se. i Arouse, ere 'tis too late, yc sons of trade, Recall your resolutions — but just made ; Reflect on iEsop's tale of th* golden egg, Nor on this Railroad stir another peg. Saint John will cheat St, Lawrence of his right, Your business then will be — not trade hut Jig/iL Look at the Map made for our wise Assembly, Maine's line's depicted there without dissembly, It will secure to Maine Saint John's whole river, And Brunswick then, from us, will strait dissever, View but the line of Saint John's lakes ai\d water A short canal to which, would give no quarter To Quebec's commerce — she would catch a tartar; liookat our yawning Gulf, and endless river Which commerce then would fly from — aye, for ever ; ^ E'en rafts so much exposed on our wild streiHn,^ Descend Saiu. John's as by a cluinu, or drcanu. M 1 \ right, It Jig/U. mbly, ernbly, lo river, issever, es aiul arter atch a ver lye, i\)r rcanu. 9 T*is said they've bought the Isle of Antecosti, (What though its clime be somewhat cold and* frosty) Its bears and wolves will then receive no quarter, And Quebec's garrison wo*nt want hot water. *Twould tend to help our fish'ries (now so poor) By selling them at once — all Le: bras d'or, Andy being but solid rock, with little ground-land; It may be well, at once, to sell Newfoundland. The reasons Hume (of Westminster) has shrewdly hit on. These Coloniies all ruin mother Britain^ Ships, Colonies, and Commerce — all a drawback. For so think Hume, O'Connel — Atty Roebuck. Should Whigs want money still— then^ sell th^ navy» And honest Bull in vain may cry " O save me " From such defenders- — melancholy story, " Tm torn to pieces between Whig and Tory I " I want a King like Richard — heart of Lion — " (Though not like him to play the fool at Sion). *^ And ministers whom, no man^ dare cry fie on,. I liJJ ti i( ii 10 Plebeian times, and mobocratic rule Must sink the state— too long we've play'd the "fool. Already ' a Cheval,' on my St. Lawrence, Sits cousin Sam — and 'tis a strange occurrence. Sam now bestrides, by blinding Britain's sons, From Mississippi to my own St. John's. * Qui mare teneat' rules the rest of th' world, His sails soon spread — ^his thunders soon are hurl'd." Maine's Engineer reports, " you've shewn good feeling,** But better t'were, if you had shown plain deal- ing, And told these Mainers — Sirs, it will not do. For reasons plain — that between roc and you No boundary's drawn — or line of limitations, Such as will suit two independent nations ; And — 'till this deed is done to satisfaction. King William knows no more than Andrew Jackson — (In mobocratic times, and ruFd by iaction) 5;li 11 'd the rence. ; sons, orldy *n are I good deal- la, ^ou ns, ndrew w What may ensue — so pray decide this question On honorable terms, and fair suggestion. Our nations ought, if possible, to live like bro- thers, *' As you wish done to you, so do to others ;" When this is rightly settled — I am ready To meet you with a Railroad firm and steady. Oh, purblind Britons ! men of narrow sight, Farewell to future naval strength and might ; One false move more, your game is lost— ill- fated ! And Quebec's garrison will be check-mated ; Our troops must re-embark, for want of forage, L* Enfant du sol, will lose his mess of porridge ; And cousin Sam's is all the gloria mundi, From new Orleau*s to the Bay of Fundy. In short, *^ Qui mare teneat has Quebec, And then adieu to Britain's rule, or check On this side of the great Atlantic's tide. For who with Sam will dare the western world divide.